داود يهزم العمونيـين والآراميـين
(2صم 10:1-19)1 وبَعدَ ذلِكَ تُوُفِّيَ ناحاشُ مَلِكُ بَني عَمُّونَ، فمَلَكَ حَنونُ ابنُهُ مكانَهُ. 2 فقالَ داوُدُ: «أُحسِنُ إلى حَنونَ بنِ ناحاشَ كما أحسَنَ أبوهُ إليَّ»، وأرسلَ وَفدا يُعَزِّيهِ بِأبـيهِ. فجاؤوا إلى بَني عَمُّون، 3 فقالَ زُعَماءُ بَني عَمُّونَ لِحَنونَ سَيِّدِهِم: «أتَظُنُّ داوُدَ يُكرِمُ أباكَ حتّى أرسلَ إليكَ مُعَزِّينَ؟ أمْ أنَّهُ أرسَلَهُم ليَتَفَحَّصُوا المدينةَ ويَستَطلِعوها تَمهيدا لِلاستيلاءِ علَيها؟» 4 فقَبَضَ حَنونُ على رُسُلِ داوُدَ، وحَلَقَ نِصفَ لِحاهُم وقطَعَ نِصفَ ثيابِهِم عِندَ الوِرْكِ، ثُمَّ أطلَقَهُم. 5 فسَمِعَ داوُدُ بِما حَلَّ بِرُسُلِهِ، ولأنَّهُم كانوا خجلينَ جِدًّا، أرسلَ مَنْ يقولُ: «أقيمُوا بِأريحا حتّى تَنبُتَ لِحاكُم ثُمَّ ارجِعوا».
6 ولمَّا رأى بَنو عَمُّونَ أنَّ داوُدَ أصبَحَ يكرَهُهُم أرسلوا مئَةً وسِّتينَ قِنطارا مِنَ الفِضَّةِ ليَستأجِروا مَراكِبَ وفُرسانا مِنْ آرامِ النهرَينِ ومِنْ مدينَتَي مَعكَةَ وصُوبَةَ في آرامَ 7 فاسْتأجَروا اثْنَينِ وثلاثينَ ألفَ مَركبَةٍ، واستَقدَموا مَلِكَ مَعكَةَ ورجالَهُ، فنَزَلوا تُجاهَ مَيدبا، وخرَجَ بَنو عَمُّونَ مِنْ مُدُنِهِم واجتَمَعُوا لِلقِتالِ: 8 فلمَّا سَمِعَ داوُدُ بالأمرِ أرسلَ يُوآبَ على رأسِ جيشِهِ. 9 فخَرَجَ بَنو عَمُّونَ واسْتَعَدوا لِلحربِ عِندَ مَدخَلِ عاصِمَتِهِم، وأخَذَ الآراميُّونَ مَواقِعَهم في البرِّيَّةِ.
10 فرَأى يُوآبُ أنَّ القِتالَ مَفروضٌ علَيهِ مِنَ الأمامِ والخَلْفِ، فاخْتارَ نُخبَةَ جُنودِهِ وصَفَّهُم لِمُقاتَلَةِ الآراميِّينَ، 11 وأسنَدَ قيادةَ بَقيَّةِ الجُنودِ إلى أبـيشايَ أخيهِ، فصَفَّهُم لِمُقاتَلَةِ بَني عَمُّونَ. 12 وقالَ لأبـيشايَ: «إنْ قوِيَ عليَّ الآراميُّونَ تُنجِدُني، وإنْ قوِيَ علَيكَ بَنو عَمُّونَ أُنجِدُكَ. 13 فتَشَجَّعْ واثْبُتْ دِفاعا عَنْ شعبِنا ومُدُنِ إلهِنا، وليَفعَلِ الرّبُّ ما يَراهُ حسَنا». 14 ثُمَّ تقَدَمَ يُوآبُ ورِجالُهُ لِمُقاتَلَةِ الآراميِّينَ فانهَزَموا مِنْ أمامِهِ. 15 ولمَّا رأى بَنو عَمُّونَ أنَّ الآراميِّينَ انهَزَموا، هرَبوا هُم أيضا مِنْ أمامِ أبـيشايَ ودخَلوا عاصِمَتَهُم. فامتَنَعَ يوآبُ عَنْ مُقاتَلَةِ بَني عَمُّونَ ورَجَعَ إلى أورُشليمَ.
16 فلمَّا رأى الآراميُّونَ أنَّهُم انْكَسَروا أمامَ بَني إِسرائيلَ، أرسلَ المَلِكُ هدَدَعزَرُ جُنْدَ الآراميِّينَ الّذينَ كانوا شرقيَّ نهرِ الفُراتِ، فجاؤوا بِقيادةِ شُوفيكَ رئيسِ جيشِهِ. 17 وسَمِعَ داوُدُ بالأمرِ فحشدَ جميعَ رِجالِ بَني إِسرائيلَ وعبَرَ الأردُنَّ وزحَفَ إليهم. فاستَعَدَّ الآراميُّونَ لمُحاربَتِهِ، 18 فانهَزَموا مِنْ أمامِهِ بَعدَ أنْ أهلَكَ لهُم سبعةَ آلافِ سائِقِ مَركبةٍ وأربَعينَ ألفَ فارسٍ، وقتَلَ شُوفيكَ قائدَهُم هُناكَ. 19 فلمَّا رأى رِجالُ هدَدَعزَرَ أنَّهُمُ انْكَسَروا أمامَ بَني إِسرائيلَ، صالَحوا داوُدَ وخضَعوا لهُ. وخافَ الآراميُّونَ أنْ يَعودوا إلى نَجدَةِ بَني عَمُّونَ.
1 Now it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead. 2 And David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father shewed kindness to me. And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. So the servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him. 3 But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land? 4 Wherefore Hanun took David’s servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks, and sent them away. 5 Then there went certain , and told David how the men were served. And he sent to meet them: for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.
6 ¶ And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syria-maachah, and out of Zobah. 7 So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people; who came and pitched before Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle. 8 And when David heard of it , he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men. 9 And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array before the gate of the city: and the kings that were come were by themselves in the field. 10 Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose out of all the choice of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians. 11 And the rest of the people he delivered unto the hand of Abishai his brother, and they set themselves in array against the children of Ammon. 12 And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will help thee. 13 Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for our people, and for the cities of our God: and let the LORD do that which is good in his sight. 14 So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh before the Syrians unto the battle; and they fled before him. 15 And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.
16 ¶ And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syrians that were beyond the river: and Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them. 17 And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel, and passed over Jordan, and came upon them, and set the battle in array against them. So when David had put the battle in array against the Syrians, they fought with him. 18 But the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians seven thousand men which fought in chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and killed Shophach the captain of the host. 19 And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they made peace with David, and became his servants: neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any more.